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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782921403321

Autore

Worthen William B. <1955->

Titolo

Shakespeare and the force of modern performance / / W.B. Worthen [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-107-13230-4

1-280-15957-X

0-511-12010-9

0-511-04216-7

0-511-14879-8

0-511-30559-1

0-511-48408-9

0-511-04500-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

792.9/5

Soggetti

Theater - Production and direction - History - 20th century

Film adaptations - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: dramatic performativity and the force of performance -- 1. Performing history -- 2. Globe performativity -- 3. Shakespearean geographies -- 4. Cyber-Shakespeare.

Sommario/riassunto

Shakespeare and the Force of Modern Performance asks a central theoretical question in the study of drama: what is the relationship between the dramatic text and the meanings of performance? Developing the notion of 'performativity' explored by J. L. Austin, Judith Butler, and others, Worthen argues that the text cannot govern the force of its performance. Instead the text becomes significant only as embodied in the changing conventions of its performance. Worthen explores this understanding of dramatic performativity by interrogating several contemporary sites of Shakespeare production. He analyses how Shakespeare is recreated in historical performance, exemplified by the Globe Theatre on Bankside; by international and intercultural



performance; by film; and by the appearance of Shakespeare on the Internet. The book includes detailed discussions of recent film and stage productions, and sets Shakespeare performance alongside other works of contemporary drama and theatre.